PIRAEUS, GREECE

In the period from 6. to 10. March 2017. seminars and workshops organized by IDEC S.A. from Piraeus in Greece. The seminar was attended by Krunoslav Grudiček and Dubravko Tomasović from Electromechanical School (Varaždin, Croatia, http://www.ess.hr), Minerva Garcias and Natassa Kazatzidou as seminar leaders from IDEC (Piraeus, Greece, http: // www. IdeaGr), Teresa Santos, Andre Fonseca and Ines Silva from the partner school FORAVE (Lousad, Portugal, http://www.forave.pt), Isabel Arechaga and Jose Antonio Soto from Fondo Formacion Euskadi (Basque-Spain, http: //www.ffeuskadi.net) and Konstantinos Kiousis from the IEK DELTA school (Athens, Greece, http://www.delta-iek.gr).

After the introductory part of the partner organization they presented their institutions, experiences in EU projects and their expectations of the project. Each organization also presented qualifications (vocational education for pupils) for which this project envisages the transnational implementation of practical teaching in line with EU mobility goals.

The seminar leader presented the objectives of the workshops: getting acquainted with the ECVET system, harmonizing the learning outcomes for the aforementioned qualifications and getting acquainted with the way of drafting the required documents and contracts ("Memorandum of Understanding" and "Learning Agreement"). Examples of good practice are similar in previous EU projects.

Partners from Croatia and Portugal described the learning outcomes in the terms of knowledge, skills and competencies, the development of a module of the teaching unit, the methods of performance, detailed criteria and methods, and the similarities of the practical units of the mobility education were identified and enabled the completion of the O1 document. As a common teaching unit, PLCs (programmable logic controllers) are available which are available to students from Croatia and Portugal, so mobility of the practical part of the education is possible. The seminar leader supervised the description of the learning outcomes, knowledge, skills and competences to comply with ECVET rules and practice. Partners from Portugal and Croatia have decided on a 60-hour practical tuition to be held in companies with whom there is already a co-operation for practical training of students under the guidance of a tutor and a teacher's tutorial in the school lab.

The results were stored on a shared virtual storage space, and then the participants, divided into groups, started drafting the Teacher's Guidebook, the Employer's Manual, and the Student Manual. The seminar leader acquainted the participants with the examples and requirements that are being put in preparation of such manuals. Participants from Portugal and Croatia drafted the Teachers Manual, the Employers Manual, and the Student Manual was drawn up by participants from Spain and Greece. The results are also saved on a shared virtual storage space.

The seminar leader has also demonstrated ways of recognizing education in accordance with ECVET methodology and practical experiences from student and student exchange piloting.

Particularly worthy to note are the two essential documents that are also the Annexes of the Manual, namely the Memorandum of Understanding and the Learning Agreement.

The hosts organized an afternoon tour of the Acropolis for the participants of the seminar and two joint dinners.